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INDIANAPOLIS MARKETS.
Trade Opens Doll Except in the Branches
Handling Holiday Goods.

Trade Opens Dull Except in the Branches
Handling Holiday Goods.
INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 10.
In all departments of trade dullness is one of
the chief characteristics, unless in houses which
handle holiday goods, they, of course, quite
busy, in fact the sales of the year of this class
of goods exceed that of last year handsomely
The dry goods men doing something in the
way of replenishne broken stocks, and are sell
ing handsome bulls of fancy goods. but in staple
articles little is doing. Prices however, retain
their strong Tone and indications ara further
advances on several lines of goods. Boot and
shoe men are doing but little; the fall and early
winter sales were very satisfactory. Leather
dealers report trade as having improved the last
few days. prices steady and firm. De alers in
timers supplies continue to advance prices tn
bulls having the market well in hand. Drug
gsts are having fair trade; qunine, oils, and
other articles in the drug line rule firm st recent
advances in price. Grocers having dull
time. al it was expected and they are not COM
planning Sugars, cofees. canned goods. starch,
rice and spices all firm, aud, in fact in all
groceries there is frmness in prices noticeable.
Next month q good trade Is looked for. The
produce men are quite busy, and look for lively
and must DO good fruit to bring So per barrel
Irish potatoes sell quite freely; there is some
poor stock being thrown onto this market. which
the retail merchants would do we'll to let alone,
the stock having been nipped by the frost Tur-
keys are firm at quotations. Chickens are not
wanted this week Geese are meeting with good
sale. Butter moves slow, unless it be choice
article. Oranges improving IN quality. and
the demand has increased somewhat Lemons
in light supply, and but few wanted. Bananas
In large supply, and cheap cloud still hangs
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there were so may sellers that prices broke to
sl5. 40 Immediately. SATURDAYS close was at
SIS S73. When the sellers hai disposed OF their
load the price bounded back 20 SD %. There
in of the other markets, and during the
morning pork swung between So. 20 a IL. 50.
touching those figures several times. At l p.
II il was Sl5 so. Nav lard, after opening at
S. PC sold up TO - &c and back to 8 % 10
It's main raIlying point 8 274c. May corn
opened &c higher, at 543c, but at once SOLD down
to 54c in sympathy with pork. During the
early morning the option quoted as low
532c. May wheat opened &c lower, at S32c. In
the early hours it broke down to So % S24c, but
later reacted 10 SIC. Heavy selling by promi-
nent operator took il down again to 624c, but
when the visible supply statement was published
il gave the market a bullish tendency and the
price went up S3ac. The Board of Trade de-
cided to-day to ad iourn from Friday afternoon,
Dec. %. to Tuesday morning Dac d
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GRAIN AT HOME AND ABROAD.

Statement Showing the Visible Supply of
Grain in the United States and Canada.
CHICAGO Dec. 19.-Thc visible grain supply
statement. as compiled by the secretary of the
Board of Trade, shows an increase for the past
week of 1926 26O Blu wheat and 135. 952 bu
corn, and decrease of 1926 bu oats 1000
blu rye and 347, 284 bu barley The total visible
supply of wheat in the United States and Can
ada is 43. 240. 442 blu, against 81, 460. 800 bu
the spondine date last year. Local stocks
of wheat 4,914, 95S bu, against II, 1856. 24o
bu last year.
Following was the visible supply OF grain.
Saturday, Dec. II. compiled by the New
York Produce Exchange: Wheat. 43. 231 .009 bu,
an increase of 1,25o, 854; corn. $3.50, 400 Blu, an
increase of 421.3A oats, 6,091,276 bu. q de-
crease of 142 $50; rye 279. 679 bu. a decrease of
1929; barley, 3,600,s06 bu. an increase of
LOB
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NEW YORK AND CHICAGO.

Yesterdays Quotations on Produce at the
Two Great Commercial Centers.
NEW YORK, Dec. 19-Flour-Receipts,
1852 packages; exports, I4s br1s. and 1.701
sacks. Rather weak. Sales. Is. 600 brls; super
hne, s240G3.o5; common.to good extra Western
and State, s., 1913 60: good to choice Western
and State, s.. % $500
Wheat-Recepts. $3.50 bu; exports none;
sales, zoos, 600 bu futures and I27 600 bu spot
OpIloos declined q &c early, from which there
was out little change, closing steady at a trife
above the bottom; speculation very slow; spot
grades I q SC lower, with rather more doing: No.
spring nominal at 90c; ungraded red. s74
hvered. No rcd nominal at 931c. No ] white
S2s elevator. 934c {. o. D.; No. 2 red, December,
g. 9s94c. closing at esIc; january, so BIG
ing at 90sc; March. 9ls09lEc, closing at 9I2c:
April. 92s a92Ec, closing at 929c; Nav. 90 5-I60
% l3-l6c, closing 1T $500: June. 90 GIG e3ac.
e,osing at ~ sSsci Dscembsr l1sssj. s6s 097tc,
Corn-Receipts, 1872 bu; exports, $40 bu:
sales, $4,000 bu futures and 50, 900 bu spot;
&c e lower and heavy closing weak. Ungraded,
Soc No 6l3c elevator. and GEO 62!c
delivered; No. January. 81 a6lIc, closing at
s sI; e Esssorsary. 6lsa 62so closing at Gle;
Oats-Recsipts, 40. 600 ba: exports. 60 bu;
sales 10000 bu futures and 1884, 900 blu spot;
81 30 higher and moderately active. Mixed
Hay steady and quiet.
Hots quiet and unchanged.
Cohse-Spotsfai- Rio firm at Ie5 a 1Sac. Options
Opened 10 e 20 points higher, closing weaker;
sales, 81. 900 bags. December. l6. % 16 4oc;
January, 1890 1880; February. I6 o5 a l6 zoe:
March. ID % al .30e: April. Is 95 PIG Csc: May.
10 sea 16c: June IS so 016c; July Is 90 q Is soc:
August, 1870 a 10 45c; September Is. 05 a SOC;
December (iasel, IA. Is pa soc.
Sugar steady; nolasses grades s6-test Age;
refined steady; G, 5sc: yellow, 81 051c. Molasses
quiet. Rice steady
Tallow dull. aud weak at z204sc. Resin
STEADY.
Eggs firm and in fair inquiry; receipts g, 286
packages; Western, 234 BIC
Pork quiet but steady; sales. I75 brls mess.
Cut meats quiet but steadily held Lard opened
50S points higher, closed dull and weak
advance lost; Western steam spot. sl3c
January, s l11SI9c; February, 6l90S 23e;
May, a4Ia so; city steam, 4 s5s
Butter firm and quiet; Western. Is 023c.
Cheese quiet and steady; Western, III a HE.
CHICAGO. Dec. l9-Msy pork this morning
opened AZ sl5.S on light receipts of hogs, but
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Cash quotations we're as follows: Flour quie,

Cash quotations were as follows: Flour quiet.
prices steady aud nomnalv unchanged; No. 2
spring wheat. 75s 75ac; No 8 spring wheat.
Col a G6lc; No. red, 77sc; No. 2 corn. 48c; No.
oats, Sic; No rye, &c: No. barley 700
seed. s. Is %. Mess pork per bril-. $50
Is 10. Lard per pound. 7.S5 a 90c. Short-rib
sides toose). 7O07.7 5c; dry-salted shoulders
(boxed ) so a 6 0Gc; short-cear sides tboxedl.
8l008I5c whisky, distIllers finished goods.
per gal. 81 10. Sugars-Cut-loaf, q a SIC; gran
ulated, 1-5c; standard A. &c.
On the Produce Exchange to-day the butter
market was nactvs; extra creamery. % a. 9c;
fancy dairy, "a a 26c: eggs, 2I4 0221e
Receipts-Flour. 81, 900 brls wheat, 113 900 Blu;
corn 100 900 bl; OATS lis, 900 hu; rye, g. 900 bu;
barley, 40, 900 bu Shipments-Flour, q, 600
brls; wheat, 1900 bu; corn 70, 600 bu; oats,
$1,000 bu; rye, 1000 bu barley. 1900 bu
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The Foreign Grain Trade.

LONDON Dec. 19-The Mark Lane Express,
in its review Of the British grain Grade during
the past week. says: English wheat is weaker
and is ruling cd lower. The sales OF English
wheat during the week were SO. GA quarters, at
Bis, 3D. against 60, 500 quarters. at 33s. 4d, dur
ing the corresponding period last year. The
foreign flour trade is dull. The foreign wheat
trade is further depressed, and Indian and Rus
sian have declined Is without buyers. At Liv-
erpool there has been a fall of I'd per GENITAL.
Corn and oats Sd cheaper. Twenty csrgoes
of wheat arrived; two were sold. five were with
drawn. anG five remained. Today the tone Of
the wheat trade was somewhat improved. En-
glish white firm, though nomnaly IN
changed. Flour was 30 lower. Corn recovered
Sd. Oats were Sd cheaper on the week. Beans
and peas were unchanged.
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over the hide market; reports from the East give
but little encouragement of better prices for
some time TO come.
GRAIN.
The local market as regards prices and demand
was in much the same condition to-day as on
Saturday. All grades OF wheat are in good re-
quest at quotations. Sellers of corn are sca-cs
and all arrivals and offerings meet with ready
SALE Oats in good demand for home consumn
ton Track bids to-day ruled as follows
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inside manipulation and declined to 79lsc. After
however, it became strong and excited and ad
yauced rapidly enormous buying and after gaining
iac. before O'Clock, there slight hesitation,
after which price advanced lsc more and closed
strong 81 SIC Opening 1850 highest, 81 sc; low
est. 1944c: closing, 81 SIC; sales. 4,3o2,oo brs
OIL CITY. Pa Dec. Educational Transit GER
tifcates opened at 195sc; highest. Sl34c; lowest
79I4c closed al < Sac sales / 7l9 600 brls clear
ances 100000 brls; shipments, TO-, sol brls;
runs SO o64 brls.
PITTSBURG Pa. Dec. 19.-Petroleum alive and
closed strong and higher. National Transit certificates
opened at 73l4c closed at 81 sec; highest. g Ssc
lowest, 7914c.
CLEVELAND. Dec 19.-Petroleum frm stand
ard white 1I0o, 7l3c.
SAVANNAH. Ga. Dec. 19.-Turpentine firm at
35c.
35c
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FIELD SEEDS

Wholesale and Retail at HUNTINGTON & HOSES
SEED STORE. 7S aud so L. Market st. Indianapo-
is. Samples and prices furnished on application.
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ounce.
NEW YORK. Dec. 19-Bar silver. e6sc.
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NEW YORK. Dec. 19.-Petroleurn opened strong at
1850, but after the first half hour depres by
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Cotton.

NEW YORK Dec. 19-C L. Greene & Co. say:
The slightly inclined to favor the bulls and
few points were gained. but buying orders proved
and desire to realize gradually developed
under which there shading of 30 10 points from
the highest and points under Saturday evening with
the tone slow.
NEW ORLEANS. Dec. 19.-Cotton quiet; middng,
97sc low mddling, 8 916c; good ordinary 9lsc;
receipts, II $50 bales; gross receipts, IL, 1898
bales; exports the continent, s 235 bales; sales,
$3.50 bales; stock, 3.9, 862 bales.
LIVERPOOL, Dec. 19.-Cotton firm and higher;
n1iddling uplands. 5 -16d: middng Orleans. SID;
sales, 10 600 bales, including 600 bales for specu
lation and export and z, 700 bales American.
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NEW YORK, Dec. 19.-For spring specialties in
cotton fabrics there improved inquiry and
more business but in staples quiet. Aliens
pinks and Turkey red prints advanced to &c.
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Cattle in Light Supply-Good Grades Strong
er-Hogs Active and Higher.

INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 10.
CArTLE-Receipts, 20; shipments. - AS usual
on Monday there hardly enough here to make a
market All decent grades are stronger.
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Metals.

NEW YORK. Dec. 19.-Copper weak lake
II CSC. Lead dull; domestic 5000. Tin firm
straits. 5000.
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 19.-Lead, 4.95c.
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CHICAGO. Dec. 19--May pork this morning
opened AZ sl5.9 on light receipts of hogs, but
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BEANS-9Z
BUTTER-Fair creamery, Is q 19c; choice. 22025c;
fancy country butter, in small packages, 14015c;
country butter. 1o6 &c; common 60Sc.
BREswAx-DArk. 1Sc; yellow. zoe.
EGGs-Shippers paying zoe; selling from store at
21d22c.
roULTRY-Hens and chickens, SCI ROSTERS. 2ise;
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-10-20
ByR. T. Lucas, Auctioneer.
October Z
nct71aW4N

NNTUSTEE'S SALE OF VALUABLE REAL ES-
4 TATE IN THE CITY OF ALEXANDRIA,
VIRGINIA-By virtue of two deeds of trust ex-
ccuted by Samuel J. Reed and wife to Edwin r.
Carlin, and bearing date respectively on the 10th
day of August, 1882 and the 18th day of Febru-
airy, 1879 and of record respectively in the land
records of the city of Alexandria, Va, in deed
book No. II, page 900, and deed book No. page
Sal, the subscriber, who, By an order of the Cor
poration Court, for the said city of Alexandria
made and entered at the April term, 1856, of said
Court. was substituted and appointed rs trustee
in said deeds of trust, in the place OF tho said
Edwin r. Carlin, who has departed this life, by
the direction of the beneficiary in the said deeds
of trust default having been made in the pay
ment Of the debts thereby securedl will proceed
to sell at public auction, on SATURDAY, the
18th day of November, 1887. ct ID M, in front
of the Market Building, on Royal street, in the
city of Alexandra, Virginia, the property con-
yeyed By the said deeds of trust, to wit
No. IA LOT OF GROUND with a THREE
STORY FRAME TENEMENT thereon in the said
city of Alexandria, or tho east side of Fairfax
street. between Duke and Wolfe streets, IN front
on Fairfax street 60 feot and in depth 79 feet
5 inches.
No. "a LOT OF GROUND With TWO
STORY FRAME TENEMENT thereon, adjoining
No. on the south, in front on Fairfax street 20
feet and in depth so feet moro or less.
No 3-A LOT OF GROUND adjoining No.
on the south, in front Fairfax street 20 feet
and in depth so feet, more or less
Terms of Sale: rs to lot No. l, cash and as to
lots Nos. and 3. so much OF the purchase money
in cash as will be required to pay the sum of
$500, with interest from the 18th day of Febru-
airy, 1883, and the expenses of sale, and the sur
plus, if any, on terms to be made known on the
day of sale. WORTH HULt1SH,
oct12 2awts Substituted Trustee.
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By Greon & Wise. Auctioneers.

pY VIRTUE OF 4 DECaEE OF the Corporation
~ Court Of the city OF Alexandria, Va, rendered
at its September term, 1850, in the cause Of Dan
iel ". Griffith VS.. Kinsay Griffith ct el the un-
dersigned special commissioner therein named,
will offer for sale by public auction, in front of
the entrance TO the Court rocm, or Fairfax street.
on SATURDAY, the 18th day OF November, 1SS7
at 2 o'clock n the following property, to wi. (:
No. IA LOT OF GROUND bcginaiag 12O
feet inches from the corner Of Union and King
streets; thence west with King street % feet 8
inches to tho centre OF tho square thence south
1f6 feet to q 20feet alley thence east on tho al
Icy 30 feet inches; thence north By n straight
line to tho beginning.
No. "a LOT OF GROUND and IMPROVE
MENTS, adjoining the property of D. Mcleod, be-
ginning at the western intersection of HcLecd's
line with King street; thence back with McLeod's
line JIG feet to a 20 feet alley; thence with the
alley westwardly "a feet; thence with a line
parallel to first line to King street.; thcrce with
King street to the beginning.
No. ga LOT OF GROUND, commonly called
the "COhL YARD LOTT commencing on King
street about 641a feet cast of the corner Of Lee
street fronting say &c feet on King rect and
running back 116 or III feet to 20 feet alley.
Terms of Sale: Cash enough to pay coats of suit
aud the expenses of sale, and the residue on
credit Of six, twelve and eighteen months, with
interest from day OF sale, taking bonds, with good
personal security, and retaining titloto secure de-
ferred payments. CHARLES Z. STUART,
oct15 cots Special Commissioner.
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SOME HABITS OF THE GRAY SQUIRREL.

SOME HABITS or THE GRAY SQUIRREL
Although the ;;ra3 squirrel lays up some
sore Of nuts for The winter, lie is not 9 very
provident house;eeper, and enjoys his food
n he gets il. He sleeps through the rugged
weather in some hollow branch or Tree
lrunE, nCJ the warni winter sunshine will
somcti;ues lure him out even when the snow
is lying Oh the hills. Still, be is not wholly
improvident, as the empty nutshells about
his winter quarters testify. His character
as Il poacher i5 not above suspicion, and
many Il birds nest is rifed of both eggs and
GcEuy yUung when they fall in the wey ci
his ramhies. I rather remarkable feature
III the life OF gray squirrel ia the Irregular
migratory movements which numbers of
taen make at various ticles, mora especial
Is in tbe ial! OF the year. For mauy years
the gray squirrels may be scarce in many
sections Of country, wheD all at once, some
iiue autumn morning, the woods and fields
are overrun with iham. Broad rivers offer
no barrier TO their progress mountain
ranges are crossed, and whole areas OF wood
land nTe givea over 10 them. These occl-
sionai migrstions are very similar to the ir.
regular movements of the lemming--a rat
like animal Of northern Europe-which at
times sw eeps over the country in vast hordes,
devourinc every green thing in their path.
a tract of country through which such
migration has passed is often completely
devastated But, happily the migretions of
our squirrel are not on so large scale or so
frequent, and the crops do not suffer greatly.
The cause Of these movements is undoubted
ly scarcity Of food compelling them TO
leave, and under common Impulse they
mite il one great body and migrate else
where Philadelphia Times.
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By Green & Wise, Auctionecrs.

pY VIRTUE of decree of the Corporation
y Court of the city of Alexandria, rendered on
the 9th day of September, 1887, IN the chancery
cause the ein depending wherein George Young
is complainant ard s. H. Limit administrator ard
others are defendants, the undersigned COM
mi9s'oAer therein nsmcd, will on SATURDAY,
No en- Der 5th, 1887, at l. o'clock NJ ct the
Fairfax street ent ance to the Corpo. ation Court
room, cxpoac fo- sale at pnbic auct on, The fol-
lowing property, viz: All tfat LOT OF GROUND
with the buildings aud improvements thereon,
No. 212 (od number) King street, situate on the
south side of said street, between Columbus and
Alfred streets, fronting 21 feet on Eing street
and extending back southwardly with the same
width as the troat 100 feet with all the rights,
privileges and easements to the same belonging
or in anywise appertaining.
Terms of Sale-Cash sufficient to pay the costs
of this suit thai is to say less than $10o and the
residue in four equal payments at =, II, is and
"a months; the deferred payments to be secured
by the notes of the purchaser with personal Sc
curity and to bear interest from date of sale.
GEO. 4. MUSHBACH,
Commissioner of Sale
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CgoKED TO DEATH BY a PEANUT.-Two
weeks ago last Monday, while Bessie, the
twenty ty-twc-mon!hs-oid daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs Eugene Hopkins, was eating peanuts,
one get into her windpipe snd passed down
into the right bronchus. She began chcll.
ing violently. Fer mother tried 10 stop the
cbokiug, and sent for DR.. White. Soon af-
ter he arrived the peanut seemed to come
up into the traches, ana she was at once re
IieveG, although the peanut could not be
gotten out Or the following Sunday she
had another choking spell, caused by the
peanut again passing down into the bron.
chus. DIS White and Hyde, who were call
ed could do little for her, and just as they
thought that she would die, the peanut
again came up into the ,raches, aud she
stepped choking Had the peanut been fix
ed ar incision could have been made in the
trachea and the nut could have been re-
moved, bus il kept moving about, and was
liable vt any time to return to the hroncbus.
There was no further trouble, however, un
ii! last Monday, when suddenly, while play
iag on the floor and apparently as we'll as
ever, the peanut again slipped down into
the bronchus, and before she could be re-
lieved she died,-C6rtland (N. Y. Standard
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a TERRIBLE MIsTAKE.-A lady OF San
Francisco, whose little feet are always
daintily shoG, is also the unfortunate pos
SCISSOR cf an obstinate and burning corn
upon the smallest toe OF her left foot. Chi
ropodists had dug tunnels through that
cora, yauked ct it with nippers, smeurad it
with singing ointments, aDG, in despair,
suggested ampntation. The corn held the
fort and successfully resisted the assaults Of
used. Of course, without his knowledge.
Finally, kind friend suggested that if
phosphorous was robbed on the afflicted toe
the corn would succnmb The lady deter.
mined to try the remedy, and did SO just be
fore retiring, and forget 10 tell he: liege
lord what she had done. The hour Of mid
night had struck Wnen the husband sudden
iy awol;e and was somewhat started to see
the fash Of q tirehy at the loot Of the bed
Sleep was again asserting its mastery, when
once more the sheen cf that hrehy caused
the husband 10 open wide his eyes. Ho
could no. recoiect ever having seen fire.
ay in california. bpt he could not disbelieve
his senses Again and again that FREELY
flashed its bane!u g!eam, effectuaily Danish.
lug az thought Of sleep from tho now
tboroughly-aroused and Wrathy husband.
He determined TO end his own misery ond
the fireay's existencs simultaneously. Ee
reached out il the dark, groped with his
hand about the carpet until he felt his own
heavy shce. He seized the weapon. slowly
and cautiously raised himself in bed, and
i:ftiug high the sturdy brogan, brought it
down with j vigorous whsck on the inno-
cent firefy. 4 Wild shrek, an avalanche of
bedelothes. anu the husband lay sprawling
ia tho middle OF the foo?, while his wife
moaning in anguish. l. was not q frehy.
Ii was the PHOSPHORUS anoirted toe
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THE RAILWAY MURDER.-A strange
woman accompanied Detective Gregory, of
New Brunswick, to the police station yes
terday and there identified tho co;hing Of
the mysterious woman found murdered last
spring as that of Annie ]. Ingram. The
woman had formerly employed Annie and
had made some Of her clothing. Annie had
a husband in New Brunswick. The detec.
tives are reticent, but say they think they
have struck the right clew.